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Look: 'We Were Liars' Casts Young Penny, Carrie and Bess
Six actors join the cast as the series shifts to younger Sinclair family members in a flashback story inspired by Family of Liars.
On May 7, Amazon Prime Video announced six new series regulars for We Were Liars Season 2, which will feature flashbacks set in the summer of 1999 on Beechwood Island.
Author E. Lockhart's prequel novel Family of Liars inspired the new season, which explores the Sinclair family history during their pivotal teenage summer.
Josh Dallas and Peyton List will play younger versions of patriarch Harris Sinclair and matriarch Tipper Sinclair, while Parker Lapaine, Elysia Roorbach, and Madison Wolfe portray younger sisters Carrie Sinclair, Penny Sinclair, and Bess Sinclair.
Joining as Pfeff, a new character from the prequel novel, Costa D Angelo completes the ensemble as the narrative alternates between the 1999 summer and present-day events on Beechwood Island.
Returning as series narrator Cadence Sinclair Eastman, Emily Alyn Lind will confront family secrets while showrunners Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie said they have "big, big plans for season 2.